Animal Collective – Banshee Beat (Guitar Tab)
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This is definitely one of Animal Collective's best songs, and
unfortunately it cant be recreated by just a guitar, but
here is the skeleton of the song and you can try
adding in whatever instruments or sounds you like!
Intro:
I choose to play sixteenth notes on the D string
and strum the other parts of the chord in a
unpredictable fashion, and after each line of singing strum
the whole chord powerfully, but thats just my
way of playing it. Here's the chord you stay on the whole time.
e|-------| B|----9--| G|----x--| D|----6--| A|----7--| E|----7--|
If you play a harmonic on the 7th fret of the A string it sounds nice too.
Towards the end of the intro I like to start strumming the whole chord to the rhythm of
rim of the snare.
Rest of the song:
It follows a pattern the whole time through, save the beiginning of this part.
Give each chord two measures.
e|------- then to e|------- then to e|------- then to e|-------| B|----9-- B|----10- B|----9-- B|----5--| G|----X-- G|----X-- G|----X-- G|----X--| D|----6-- D|----7-- D|----6-- D|----2--| A|----X-- A|----X-- A|----X-- A|----4--| E|----7-- E|----9-- E|----7-- E|----5--|
After that, this pattern of chords will go on through the rest of the song.
Again, give two measures for each chord
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----9-------10-----12-----10-----9-----5---------------------------------| G|----X-------X------X------X------X-----X---------------------------------| D|----6-------7------9------7------6-----2---------------------------------| A|----X-------X------11-----X------X-----4---------------------------------| E|----7-------9------0------9------7-----5---------------------------------|
Just keep those chords going. Start to fade away on the chord that you started on.
Hope you figure out!
NOTE: Alternative way to play the rhythm (part that starts at 2 minute mark with drums).
Use index finger to play B-string and thumb for brushing over E, A & D.
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- etc. B|----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9------10-----10-----10-----10---- G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D|-------------6-----------6-----------6-----------6--------------7-------------7- A|-------------X-----------X-----------X-----------X--------------X-------------X- E|-------------7-----------7-----------7-----------7--------------9-------------9-